How to avoid faculty tendency to propose things like schedule modifications based on either (1) ad hoc parochial concerns of one program or faculty member or (2) completely a priori "neat" systems not based on clearly identified problem and criteria for judging solutions as net improvements over status quo.

draft 8/10/2012
dan ryan

Create a summary document that explains how current schedule works and what recent patterns of usage are. The latter might include:

frequency of slot usage (how many classes/students in slots)

identify most/least used times/days

identify times/days used by small numbers of programs

Simple summary of classroom usage – how often are we at what % utilization? What are most/least used rooms.

faculty days teaching per week distribution

Boil down to very readable form and distribute to faculty along with simple survey for department/program heads

What existing slot shapes are critical for your course offerings and why?